Everyone in the courtyard froze instantly.

They thought their ears had played a trick on them. Liu Qing stood rooted to the spot, stunned for a long moment.

You're here.

The words that Liu Chuandao had just said reverberated in her head. What had he meant?

Whom had he addressed those words to?

Was it Jiang Ning?

That was impossible!

He didn't know who Jiang Ning was. Why would he say something like that to him?

"So lam."

Before Liu Qing could voice her confusion, Jiang Ning nodded calmly and replied this way.

Silence descended upon them anew.

Liu Qing gaped as she stared stupidly at Jiang Ning. She whipped her head and stared at Liu Chuandao, then turned and stared at Jiang Ning again. Her head was buzzing. She had no idea what was going

on.

Had Liu Chuandao's words been directed at Jiang Ning?

Did they...know each other?

rooted to his spot. Life seemed to have drained out of him. His face felt numb and a sudden, stinging heat spread across

as if someone had just slapped him

the sect leader

friends. In fact...they appeared to be

be

he had spoken to the sect leader. He had not

Qi was utterly dumbfounded. The few disciples who had

What was going on?

the sect leader? What worried them the most was the tone that Jiang Ning had used when

for years. He hadn't tried to be polite. He had sounded mild, as if he had been

say

the looks of

else's faces and

he

body had been overtaken

have something urgent to report to me. Let's hear

look very

direct superiors was a taboo that

was displeased. If the principal of the Inner Court were to hear about what Zhu Qi and his gang had done, he would

a complete lack of respect for his

trembling. He couldn't piece together

and his throat felt parched.

was he to

What could he say?

and harbored unwholesome intentions towards Third Miss? Was he supposed to tell the sect leader

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